The Hill December 12, 2015 Three House committees will jointly investigate allegations U.S. Central Command altered intelligence reports, their chairmen announced Friday. “Today, the House Armed Services Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Appropriations Committee established a Joint Task Force to investigate allegations that senior U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) officials…
Prison Planet | 10 Dec 2015 “You are nothing but lowly pussies,” cartel leader allegedly tells ISIS The leader of Mexico’s deadliest drug cartel, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, reportedly threatened ISIS after its militants destroyed one of his shipments sent to the Middle East. El Chapo apparently wrote an encrypted e-mail to ISIS leader Abu…
Stephen Zunes | 7 Dec 2015 The rise of ISIS (also known as Daesh, ISIL, or the “Islamic State”) is a direct consequence of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. While there are a number of other contributing factors as well, that fateful decision is paramount. Had Congress not authorized President George W. Bush the authority…
William Blum | 6 December 2015 These are relevant questions formulated by author William Blum, to be addressed to president Obama at a hypothetical press conference. These are the questions being addressed by the US media Which is most important to you – destroying ISIS, overthrowing Syrian president Assad, or scoring points against Russia? Do…
Zero Hedge | December 6th, 2015 Last Wednesday, the Russian MoD delivered a lengthy presentation which contained compelling visual evidence of a connection between Islamic State’s illegal and highly profitable trade in stolen Iraqi and Syrian crude and Turkey. Here are some highlights: After loading up with oil, a truck convoy in east Syria heads…
Press TV | 3 Dec 2015 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV5q77LaeU4&w=640&h=360] The Iraqi prime minister warns that Baghdad would consider any foreign troop deployment to Iraq a act of aggression. Heidar al-Abadi says the government has NOT requested any foreign ground troops from any countries. Abadi on Tuesday also stressed that Iraq does not need foreign ground troops.…
RT | 5 Dec 2015 [AM editor’s note: US ‘officials’ have gone from rubbishing Russia’s allegations as “nonsense” to conceding that they are technically correct but “insignificant”. Next it will be claimed that yes it is significant but it was all part of the plan … Beam me up George Orwell]. The amount of oil…
Prison Planet | 3 Dec 2015 Democratic senator also caught lying about gun statistics Gun control advocates want to enact “universal background checks” for guns in response to the San Bernardino shooting, even though President Obama wasn’t performing stringent background checks on ISIS-linked “moderate rebels” he was arming in Syria. The demand for more gun…
RT | 2 Dec 2015 The Russian Defense Ministry has released evidence which it says unmasks vast illegal oil trade by Islamic State and points to Turkey as the main destination for the smuggled petrol, implicating its leadership in aiding the terrorists. The Russian Defense Ministry held a major briefing on new findings concerning IS funding…
RT | 2 Dec 2015 A Pentagon spokesman rejected Russia’s evidence of Turkey’s involvement in oil deals with Islamic State militants, calling Turkey a “great partner” just a day after his boss complained to Congress that Ankara was not fighting ISIS enough. “Let me be very clear that we flatly reject any notion that the…